Summer Sisters

By: Judy Blume

Narrated by: Sophie Amoss, Mark Deakins, Cassandra Campbell, Rebecca Lowman, George Newbern, Xe Sands, MacLeod Andrews, Ari Fliakos, Michael Crouch, Saskia Maarleveld, Dawn Harvey, Brittany Pressley, Everette Plen, Judy Blume

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Summer Sisters is a book to return to again and again.”—Colleen Hoover

“As warm as a summer breeze blowing through your hair, as nostalgic as James Taylor singing ‘How Sweet It Is.’ You remember. So does Judy Blume. How sweet it was.”—Chicago Tribune

In the summer of 1977, Victoria Leonard’s world changes forever when Caitlin Somers chooses her as a friend. Dazzling, reckless Caitlin welcomes Vix into the heart of her sprawling, eccentric family, opening doors to a world of unimaginable privilege, sweeping her away to vacations on Martha’s Vineyard, an enchanting place where the two friends become “summer sisters.”

Now, years later, Vix is working in New York City. Caitlin is getting married on the Vineyard. And the early magic of their long, complicated friendship has faded. But Caitlin begs Vix to come to her wedding, to be her maid of honor. And Vix knows that she will go—because she wants to understand what happened during that last shattering summer. And, after all these years, she needs to know why her best friend—her summer sister—still has the power to break her heart.

With a note read by the author, Judy Blume.

Audiobook Cast of Narrators:
Sophie Amoss as Vix
MacLeod Andrews as Bru
Cassandra Campbell as Abby
Michael Crouch as Daniel
Mark Deakins as Ed
Ari Fliakos as Gus
Dawn Harvey as Regina
Rebecca Lowman as Tawny
Saskia Maarleveld as Phoebe
George Newbern as Lamb
Everette Plen as Sharkey
Kirsten Potter as Dorset
Brittany Pressley as Paisley
Xe Sands as Tricia
Phoebe Strole as Maia

Praise for Summer Sisters

“Compulsively readable . . . [Blume’s] powers are prodigious.”—The New York Times Book Review

“As warm as a summer breeze blowing through your hair, as nostalgic as James Taylor singing ‘How Sweet It Is.’ You remember. So does Judy Blume. How sweet it was.”—Chicago Tribune

“An exceptionally moving story that can leave the reader laughing and crying . . . sometimes at the same time . . . Blume creates a rich tapestry of characters.”—The Denver Post

“Blume’s characters still tend to hover after the book is set aside. . . . She catches perfectly the well-armored love between longtime female friends.”—The Seattle Times

Critic reviews

“Compulsively readable . . . [Blume’s] powers are prodigious.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Summer Sisters is a book to return to again and again.”—Colleen Hoover

“An exceptionally moving story that can leave the reader laughing and crying . . . sometimes at the same time . . . Blume creates a rich tapestry of characters.”—The Denver Post

“Blume’s characters still tend to hover after the book is set aside. . . . She catches perfectly the well-armored love between longtime female friends.”—The Seattle Times

Wow , I was so late to the Judy Blume fan club but I’m now a true fan

This book has it all .Great ,flawed,tragic,sad ,complicated characters in all age groups. From the grandparents to the parents to their children it’s a very dysfunctional yet wild and crazy ride . I laughed at times ,was sad at times , understood and thought WTH at times but overall I loved it. Life is very strange,messy and wild and this book captured it all very well

I'm not surprised that I loved it!

I've known Judy Blume my whole life and have never been disappointed. This book travels the long, winding, beautiful and bumpy roads of frisndship.

Enjoyable

This is a great summer read but I had a little trouble keeping all the characters straight if I wasn’t giving the narration my full attention. 2 very different girls who grew up together, both who thought the other had a better life and how wrong they both were. A typical Judy Bloom easy read.

Like and dislike

Nothing is was great waiting to hear what would happen next either the girls and boys.

great

Great story. Great narration. A book set in summer about summer. About female friendships and first loves.